German Music

So I really haven't got much to do now.

On Fridays I only have two classes both double periods. Today the teacher for the last two periods was not there so I go to go home early. So I will take this opportunity to talk about German music.

First there's a lot of music from the US but there's also a good amount of hip hop here. I would know especially since my host sister likes to blast her hip hop when she comes home. I don't really like it but there is one song that I do like. It's called Fremdgehen by K.I.Z. (pronounced freh-md-gee-hen by kah-ee-tset) I will give you the link but I have to warn that the video is a bit.... explicit. So you don't have to watch it, just listen if you want. Song. And if you would like to not watch the video here are the lyrics.

I believe that the website that I gave has a bunch of other hip hop and rap like songs (maybe other genres too, I'm not sure) there in German. So if you want to hear more that could also be an option.

Now moving on to a completely different genre. I have three bands. One of which you probably already know and two that you probably don't.

The first was the first I learned about in about 2008 or so. That band would be Tokio Hotel. Currently I have no idea what they are doing but the last CD they released was completely different to the music they normally played and through it I think they lost a lot of fans. They actually used to be my favorite band in the whole entire world but their music changed and so did my taste in music. However there are good songs from way in the past that I still like and can recommend.

The first song that I learned in German is Rette Mich (pronounced reh-teh mish). All I could find were crappy karaoke versions so this one is live but with lyrics. Beware of the screaming fans in the beginning. Song.
In case you listen to the song and wonder what "rette mich" is, it means rescue me. Then I could also recommend Der letzte Tag (der leh-tst-eh tah-g) meaning "the last day." It's one of my favorites in German. I found the actual music video here, it's flipped though so it's going to look like the guitarist and bassist are lefties but the their not. Also it has Spanish subtitles... so I will also give lyrics. Song.  Lyrics. The ending for the lyrics is a little messed up but mostly good. One of their most popular songs which everyone here in Germany happens to know and hate is called Durch den Monsun (doo-rsh deh-n moh-n-zoon) in english "through the monsoon" though the english version is just "Monsoon." Personally I think it's a really good song.
Song.  That's the music video from when this song first came out in 2005, I believe. And here are the lyrics.

I'll also give two suggestion from their recent album. One of the best is called Geisterfahrer. There is an english version to it called "Phantom Rider." Recently there have been a lot of internet restrictions most of them on Youtube. So it's hard to find some good videos but here I found one live, just as good as on the CD except he talks a lot in the beginning. For music skip to 1:20. Song live. And of course, lyrics. Through this live video you can see exactly how much not only their sound changed but also their look. And the last Tokio Hotel song I want to share is called Komm (pronouced a lot like the english word "come" koh-m). Again sorry about the strange videos I keep getting. The top half is German the bottom half is Dutch. Song.

Then another band quite famous and, from what I've seen, well liked is Die Ärzte (pronounced dee air-ts-teh). My host dad gave me a CD of them for Christmas. :) So here is one of the songs.
And here is a happier sounding song by them. Song.

And then the last band I would like to talk about is quite special I think. This band is from Giessen. The people that are in this band went to my school in Giessen and they were pretty popular for a time. I have no idea where they are now. They are Juli (pronounced you-lee). One of their most popular songs is this one. Song. Also maybe this one. Song.

Okey, I have come to the end of this post. I hope you enjoy it. I actually started writing it on Friday. Today is Sunday. But yeah, I hope you like it and maybe start looking up some more songs by these people. Also I might be posting a post with only pictures, but then again who knows. But I also might be posting a normal post because soon is Fasching! Which is like this carnival week or day(s). In any case it's pretty important here.

I think I have enough music on this post to be ending it with yet another one.
Byeeeee. :)